Coordinate

Coordinates in the Subnet can refer to many different things, depending on how the term is used. However, the term is mostly used to describe locations that follow either an XYZ scheme (001, 245, 596, etc), Root scheme (552 + (0,1), 552 + (2,0), etc), Karma scheme (awy, jul, v12, etc), or Time scheme.

XYZ (aka lab portal) locations use a three-number system to map certain locations relative to each other on three axes.

Lab portals are known for their frequent appearances in Submachine 4: The Lab and in the Submachine Universe.
From left to right, their numerical displays show the X, Y, and Z coordinates of a location in the Subnet.

Coordinates: ### (where ### is the XYZ coordinates)

Examples: 002, 596

If a location with an XYZ portal in the Submachine Universe leads to a karma portal location, this will be notified on the XYZ portal's page as such:

Root (aka transporter, cipher) locations use a two-coordinate system that shows different areas accessed from a single three-digit coordinate. The transporter acts as a hub for installing various cipher plates that teleport the player to different sub-locations based on the combination of plates used.

The only confirmed existence of Root locations is in Submachine 5 where only two plates (known as plate 1 and 2) are used. Therefore such locations like (0,1), (2,1), and (1,0) can be obtained. On each individual location page the coordinates are given as such:

Root coordinates have been confirmed for locations within 552; however other locations contain transporters as well. All hub locations like 552 will use notation similar to those of XYZ coordinates, substituting the "+" for "→" to make something like: 552 → (0,0), 552 → (1,2), etc.

Karma (aka karma portal) locations are accessed by a karma portal and are typically given 3-letter "coordinates". However since these coordinate codes are not randomly made (they are labeled based on notable names/content in that location) the coordinates are not indicative of true relative spatial coordinates. However each page for karma portal locations pairs this 3-letter identification with the XYZ location from which the KP location was accessed (to provide information on location connections). The karma portal locations are labeled as such: